tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post6725620262462846132..comments2024-03-28T20:37:29.571+00:00Comments on The English Kitchen: Just to say . . . Marie Raynerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-25329388311949978292019-09-23T08:47:08.700+01:002019-09-23T08:47:08.700+01:00Thanks very much Toffeeapple. I know I should just...Thanks very much Toffeeapple. I know I should just let things like this go, but alas, I just had to have my say! lol xoxoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-80939821876553317992019-09-22T19:13:58.724+01:002019-09-22T19:13:58.724+01:00I am so sorry that you have had to respond to such...I am so sorry that you have had to respond to such malice Marie. Your response was very considered and polite - good for you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-10792826235735338222019-09-22T07:55:56.212+01:002019-09-22T07:55:56.212+01:00Thanks so much for your support Anastasia! Oh tha...Thanks so much for your support Anastasia! Oh that I could have you all over to tea! Wouldn't that be grand! Should I pop the kettle on? xoxoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-14390754776943829802019-09-22T07:55:08.185+01:002019-09-22T07:55:08.185+01:00Thanks Juliette! Switzerland is on my bucket list...Thanks Juliette! Switzerland is on my bucket list! I was there once, as a baby and have seen the Alps off in the distance when we visited the Black Forest a number of years back, but have always wanted to go again! xoxoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-71539707289979394162019-09-21T18:10:16.204+01:002019-09-21T18:10:16.204+01:00Oh Marie.. I am so sorry somebody actually took th...Oh Marie.. I am so sorry somebody actually took the time to post a comment like THAT. I immigrated to Canada and it took me some time to find the one and only person I wanted to share my life with but my parents, my family is still 10,000 km away. So I do know how painful it is to be separated from the ones you love and basically have two families that hardly ever get together. Lots of hugs from Canada and let those miserable people be miserable. I would LOVE to sit at your table for an afternoon tea :)Anastasia Engineerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04090576730301767640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-58482517479656096492019-09-21T13:20:34.219+01:002019-09-21T13:20:34.219+01:00I don't understand what people can get out of ...I don't understand what people can get out of making mean comments like that... I always enjoy reading your cheerful posts! Best wishes from SwitzerlandJuliettenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-76799644976363333852019-09-21T08:31:55.955+01:002019-09-21T08:31:55.955+01:00I like to think that when I share my recipes with ...I like to think that when I share my recipes with my readers Elaine, I am sharing my table with them! I hope they get that feeling anyways. After years of a busy, busy life and a house full of people, I never thought that I would end up with there just being two of us and our pooch, but it is what it is. That makes my online "family" even more important to me and I do appreciate each of you so very much. I love you no less. xoxoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-48117338737893879632019-09-21T08:30:20.516+01:002019-09-21T08:30:20.516+01:00Thanks so much Kath! I really hope that she was j...Thanks so much Kath! I really hope that she was just having a bad day! Or at least I like to think it was! Your support is much appreciated! xoxoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-84923266420193531752019-09-21T08:29:25.779+01:002019-09-21T08:29:25.779+01:00Thanks so much Jeanie! Families are evolving for s...Thanks so much Jeanie! Families are evolving for sure. I love my blood family for sure, but I also love my other family which includes all of you! Your support is so very much appreciated! xoxoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-69605044231857860522019-09-21T08:28:10.978+01:002019-09-21T08:28:10.978+01:00That's okay unknown, I know you were not tryin...That's okay unknown, I know you were not trying to be like her! Our world is changing. Long gone are the days when blood families lived in each other's pockets. We now have to forge out own family units, which doesn't make them any less family to us does it! Love and hugs! xoxoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-28576190167035631102019-09-21T08:26:55.956+01:002019-09-21T08:26:55.956+01:00Thanks so much for your input Pati! I truly appre...Thanks so much for your input Pati! I truly appreciate it and am grateful for your support! xoxoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-30299105318984876342019-09-21T07:56:08.759+01:002019-09-21T07:56:08.759+01:00Very eloquently said, Marie. Families are the peo...Very eloquently said, Marie. Families are the people, either by birth or by choice, that we love. Sometimes I long for a large family but most of the time two is just the perfect number. Families are our starting point. Look at the immense interest in geneology. We want to know who we are and where we came from. To have a place at your table would be an honour, Marie. Hugs, ElaineElaine in Torontohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02019377474247631541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-41363317386421355652019-09-21T02:02:11.883+01:002019-09-21T02:02:11.883+01:00My first thought was that the commenter might be i...My first thought was that the commenter might be in the midst of dealing with children's tantrums and messes, a cross partner, an overbearing parent, or a too-small grocery budget, and for whom a calm and compatible household of two might not fit her current reality. Whether her comment came from meanness or ignorance, your reply was warranted, and was a calm and instructive lesson that may widen her views. Which when you think about it is the work of family.kath001https://www.blogger.com/profile/15419353146614030036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-42368157981841834352019-09-20T19:57:22.736+01:002019-09-20T19:57:22.736+01:00Bravo, Marie. That is the loveliest, most eloquent...Bravo, Marie. That is the loveliest, most eloquent and spot-on reply to a most unlovely comment. I'm glad you replied, didn't let her get away with that. Your post brings up a critical point in our new world -- families are not always nuclear families with children at home. My family is mostly me and Rick (and Lizzie-the-cat, who I also think of as family!). My family is my cousins. My family is my group of very good friends with whom I'd trust my life. I feel sorry for Christine. There must be something very sad and wrong in her world to be able to say this. Or, as Michelle Obama says, "When they go low, we go high." And you went high.Jeaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17482528482559445943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-43700947246689883572019-09-20T17:03:11.400+01:002019-09-20T17:03:11.400+01:00Your post today is absolute perfection :) It's...Your post today is absolute perfection :) It's also the way I'd guess many of us live today with family members who are no longer with us and/or others who live many miles away. My husband and I are a family. We also have close friends we consider family. The person who made that comment must live in a very small world. Oops!! Don't mean to be like her...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14583124710311126889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-7152500750596727072019-09-20T16:25:56.369+01:002019-09-20T16:25:56.369+01:00Well replied, Marie!! I never comment on your blog...Well replied, Marie!! I never comment on your blog but today I felt compelled to do so.I absolutely love it and find your recipes easy and inspiring. Family goes beyond blood bonds, I consider my closest friends my family too as it is the family I have chosen. Keep up with the fab work you do here, Pati x Pati from Londonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-40858056962779546472019-09-20T16:03:05.143+01:002019-09-20T16:03:05.143+01:00Thanks very much, Marie, for the equivalent measur...Thanks very much, Marie, for the equivalent measurements from cups to grams. I manage everything except the butter. I don't use lard or shortening. The latter doesn't exist here. Yes, your equivalents were very helpful! Sandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17015603838340372502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-1688134390197553102019-09-20T14:27:02.469+01:002019-09-20T14:27:02.469+01:00Thanks Monique. I still believe that there are man...Thanks Monique. I still believe that there are many more kind people in the world than there are nasty people. You are all proving that to me today in spades. Thanks for the love and support! xoxoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-78425737480696617682019-09-20T14:20:07.045+01:002019-09-20T14:20:07.045+01:00UNBELIEVABLE.
Shame on you Christine.Shame on you....UNBELIEVABLE.<br />Shame on you Christine.Shame on you.La Table De Nanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04358539954508050792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-20452638138320099642019-09-20T13:56:03.040+01:002019-09-20T13:56:03.040+01:00Oh trust me Sooze, I could have been very mean-spi...Oh trust me Sooze, I could have been very mean-spirited in return, but I chose to think about things first, instead of reacting in a knee-jerk reaction. This is what came to mind. Are we not all family? I like to think so! Thanks for your sweet response! xoxoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-4109471894620628032019-09-20T13:54:32.422+01:002019-09-20T13:54:32.422+01:00I felt it was very mean spirited. I know that my r...I felt it was very mean spirited. I know that my readers come from all sorts of backgrounds and countries and are very varied. I like to think that there is a space here, at my table, for everyone. Thank you so much for your lovely comment Jeannine! xoxoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-28861238750685983632019-09-20T13:53:21.818+01:002019-09-20T13:53:21.818+01:00Thanks very much Sarah! I like to think I have lot...Thanks very much Sarah! I like to think I have lots of lovely friends out there. I see blogging very much as a two way street and a sharing of love and ideals and common interests. It is only when something like this happens that I realise that not everyone is interested in sharing or even caring. I tend to just ignore the negative if I can, but today for some reason I found that I couldn't. My readers feel like my friends or else why would I do this. I see my blog as being somewhat of a communal table where like minded people can sit down together and enjoy whatever I have shared, or not. I don't expect everyon to like what I share. We all have different tastes after all, but I do want people to be fair and to play nice. It just rubbed me the wrong way! Thanks for your support! xoxoMarie Raynerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00407913432222377267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-53250006363231124782019-09-20T12:22:05.120+01:002019-09-20T12:22:05.120+01:00Marie, that was a very gracious reply to a very sp...Marie, that was a very gracious reply to a very spiteful person. Well done, I certainly wouldn't have been so gracious!Soozehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03762391472811785736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-60308746227648200082019-09-20T12:17:46.490+01:002019-09-20T12:17:46.490+01:00Well that's a horrible comment. I hope you don...Well that's a horrible comment. I hope you don't take it personally because whatever caused that person to be so mean wasn't your lovely recipes, generous sharing or kind hospitality. It was something else in their life that must have went terribly wrong. Whatever it is I hope they can get help to overcome it and move on to live a better life. Jeannine520https://www.blogger.com/profile/02528971053015531108noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7100882347408067241.post-169485370226882752019-09-20T12:16:34.889+01:002019-09-20T12:16:34.889+01:00Thank you for this! I live with my husband and our...Thank you for this! I live with my husband and our dog. We have no children, but we are a family and sometimes that does include friends as well. What a short sighted sad person that commentator must be! I’m sorry I so rarely comment, your blog posts are a part of my day. I love reading them, your recipes are wonderful and you feel like a friend.Sarah Dillardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05715011086177261157noreply@blogger.com